Thanks to my mate Milan’s family connections, I’d been able to arrange a private tour around the Taj Mahal (for free – yay!). The only catch was that it started at five something-or-other in the morning, meaning a veeeery early start. This didn’t turn out to be a bad decision however, as it was, Read More
I’d been told about this place by a few travelers along the way, and had to check it out. It was a day trip from Agra and for anyone heading out that way it’s well and truly worth it. Fatepur Sikri is a deserted city – originally built by royalty several hundred years ago,, Read More
After I left Dad in Kathmandu to arrange a new passport, I flew to Delhi to backpack around northern India for a couple of weeks. I had been wanting to get to India for years and I couldn’t resist the temptation to add it in to the Nepal trip. It was May/June when I, Read More
After all that ascending, the descent back to Lukla was short (just four days) and quite anti-climactic! A Buddhist monastery along the path. One of the rock carvings along the path. En route to Namche Bazaar. And we’re DONE!!! Flying out…
It began to snow as we arrived in Gorak Shep (nothing more than a couple of lodges wedged between two glacial moraines) and the weather didn’t let up for a couple of days. Our first day in Gorak Shep was a total white-out, but I wasn’t about to let it stop me ascending to, Read More
The next day we walked from Dzonglha to Gorak Shep. As we had already acclimatized we had no need to stay at Lobuche which we passed en route, but we were glad not to as it was a bit of a dump anyway. Me and the Old Man with our first view at the, Read More
We left Gokyo in the afternoon and had a short day’s hike back the way we came and then east across the Ngozumpa Glacier. It was an eerie walk as it was very cloudy, we couldn’t see much and we could hear lots of small rockslides and ice falls around us. We stayed in, Read More
Gokyo is a pretty little village nestled between a turquoise lake and the edge of the glacier. It’s the furthest and highest permanent settlement in the valley, and used to be nothing more than a summer pasture for local herders. It’s still quite undeveloped with only a few lodges. We woke up early the, Read More
We arrived at Namche Bazaar and checked in to the Hotel Namche, one of the larger trekking lodges in town. We were going to be in Namche for two nights, as this was one of our accilmatization stops. Namche Bazaar, the largest village in the Everest region – and the last place with email! , Read More